Running a Class Running a Club Running a Class Establish Roles Tutors Role Chess Keeping the children enthused Keeping the teacher on side Teachers Role Discipline Joining in Helping with difficult children ID: 527435
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Classroom Management Skills
Running a Class
Running a ClubSlide2
Running a Class
Establish Roles
Tutor’s Role
Chess !
Keeping the children enthused
Keeping the teacher on side
Teacher’s Role
Discipline
Joining in !
Helping with difficult childrenSlide3
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2. Learn Names
Teacher !
Teaching Assistants
Head Teacher / Receptionist / others
Children
d
isruptive children
uncooperative children
shy
children
keen childrenSlide4
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3. Plan each lesson
Decide on your structure
Talk
Keep children and pieces apart !
Exercise
Paper based / books / with pieces
PlaySlide5
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4. Attracting the Children’s Attention
Clapping / Hand in the air
What you expect when you have their attention
Stop talking
Stop touching the pieces
Look at the chess coach
Giving them a time limit by countingSlide6
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Dividing the Class into different groups
To start – strong player with weaker players
Change to – strong players together and weaker players together
Chess GroupsSlide7
Running a Class
Vary your teaching materials and methods
CSC Exercise Sheets
Photocopies
Individual wipe boards
CSC Exercise Books
Individual Exercises / Group Activities
Writing moves downSlide8
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Explain how each lesson fits into the greater scheme of things
Introduction at the beginning of each lesson
Sum up at the endSlide9
Running a Club
Establish Rules
No eating at the board
Shaking hands at the beginning and end of each game
Setting up the pieces before leaving the board
Leaving the room
Method of attracting attention . . . and what you expect when you have their attentionSlide10
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2. Learn Names
Register
Swiss Pairing Cards
LabelsSlide11
Running a Club
3. Divide into groups
Ideally each group has a tutorSlide12
Running a Club
4. Run Competitions
All Play All
Use 0 – 10 scoring system - rewards
Good behaviour
Good opening
Trying hard
Writing moves down
Swiss
Use 0 – 3
Use 0 – 5Slide13
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Watch out for intimidating behaviour
Quiet shy players can be bamboozled by more vocal seemingly confident players.
If there is a dispute insist you are called
Never allow the word “Cheat” to be used. Explain that everyone is learning and we all made mistakes
Agree protocols
eg
touch piece move piece
Never allow fist pumping / gloating
etc
Congratulate the winner but try to find some aspect about the loser’s game that you can praise, and some aspect that they could improve on so that they move from being a loser to a learnerSlide14
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Stay positive
Children have chosen to attend the club in their own time and you want them to return
Children teach each other so relax !Slide15
Running a Club
Feedback
Tell children and parents where and when they can play more chess
Local chess club
External competitions
Online